Kornwachs AI and the Reinvention of Work

From Routine to Meaningful Activity
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-56990-429-9
Verlag: Hanser Publications
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 396 Seiten

Artificial intelligence will fundamentally change our working world. We can already see what technology is capable of, but that is nothing compared to what we can expect in the future. Should we be afraid of these changes, or should we welcome them? Are we at the mercy of an unstoppable force? No, because, after all, we are the ones who have brought about this development. This book will help you evaluate your fears by putting the upcoming changes on a solid base. It shows where we have come from in order to understand where we are going to, or, in other words, where we should go in order to shape the future at our will.

Using scenarios, Klaus Kornwachs examines the fields of work in which major AI-related changes can be expected and shows that major disruptions have already taken place in the past. You will find out what today’s developments mean and how to classify them without rushing to proclaim a new age.

The book offers an outlook on possible future work environments. Work will probably consist of more creative, less routine-based activities. The current employer-employee relationship will change from working to rule to defining and completing tasks independently. This is not a prediction, but a spectrum of possibilities that could result from the technological developments. There is always more than one option. To find out what we want, it is worth looking at the meaning of work as part of human existence. There are many different views on this, all of which are presented in the book.

After reading this book, some of the current discussions about the impact of AI on the working world will appear exaggerated to you. You will gain a better understanding of the limits of AI as well as our own limits. You will also be able to decide where AI can overcome those limits and where we need to set limits for ourselves.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kornwachs, Klaus

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Kornwachs, Klaus
Klaus Kornwachs (born 1947) studied physics, mathematics, and philosophy in Tübingen, Freiburg, Kaiserslautern, and Amherst (Mass., USA). After graduating in physics (1973), he received his doctorate in Freiburg (1976) and his habilitation in philosophy in Stuttgart (1987). From 1979 to 1992, he worked at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering in Stuttgart, as head of the department for qualification research and technology assessment. In 1991, he received the Research Award for Technical Communication from the Alcatel SEL Foundation. From 1992 to 2011, he held the Chair of Philosophy of Technology at BTU Cottbus. Visiting professorships and fellowships have taken him to Vienna, Budapest, Stuttgart, Dalian (China), and Stellenbosch (South Africa). He is a full member of the National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech). Klaus Kornwachs has been Honorary Professor at the University of Ulm since 1990 and Honorary Professor at the Intelligent Urbanization Co-Creation Center at Tongji University, Shanghai, since 2013. Klaus Kornwachs founded his “Office for Culture and Technology” in 2011. He is editor and author of numerous specialist books and publications (www.kornwachs.de).

Klaus Kornwachs (born 1947) studied physics, mathematics, and philosophy in Tübingen, Freiburg, Kaiserslautern, and Amherst (Mass., USA). After graduating in physics (1973), he received his doctorate in Freiburg (1976) and his habilitation in philosophy in Stuttgart (1987). From 1979 to 1992, he worked at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering in Stuttgart, as head of the department for qualification research and technology assessment. In 1991, he received the Research Award for Technical Communication from the Alcatel SEL Foundation. From 1992 to 2011, he held the Chair of Philosophy of Technology at BTU Cottbus. Visiting professorships and fellowships have taken him to Vienna, Budapest, Stuttgart, Dalian (China), and Stellenbosch (South Africa). He is a full member of the National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech). Klaus Kornwachs has been Honorary Professor at the University of Ulm since 1990 and Honorary Professor at the Intelligent Urbanization Co-Creation Center at Tongji University, Shanghai, since 2013. Klaus Kornwachs founded his “Office for Culture and Technology” in 2011. He is editor and author of numerous specialist books and publications (www.kornwachs.de).